Legal Opinion
Bartko v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 5, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2013-1135PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Gregory Bartko is currently serving the fourth year of a 23-year prison term for conspiracy, mail fraud, and selling unregistered securities. Driven by his belief that the Department of Justice — and, in particular, Clay Wheeler, the Assistant U.S. Attorney who secured his 2010 conviction — withheld evidence crucial to his defense and engaged in a “pattern of tainted prosecutions,” Bartko sent Freedom of Information Act requests to a coterie of federal agencies asking for, inter alia, records of investigations or…
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